ok i can park an unregistered vehicle on private property if i own or rent it, i can build a non-permanent structure and cut down most trees, but they cannot be Native trees and permanent strutures like housing and garages need to be certified/approved by the local council before construction.

you guys have a lot more freedom with your modifications in cars than I have here though

NZ as well as the USA is a very free country on the whole though. Bitch about your lack of freedom to a good 90% of the world and they will probably punch you in the face.

I'm very happy to live where I do. I'm just as interested in living in other cultures. Spent almost a month and a half this last year in Haiti doing NGO photography work. Really a eye opener to 40% of the world in significant poverty. I really don't have a whole lot to complain about.